'There are 6,000 Americans in foreign jails' - Adam Boehler reveals

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U.S. Special Envoy for Hostages nominee Adam Boehler revealed some interesting information about Americans in foreign jails during a phone interview.

QUESTION: Adam, how many hostages, American hostages, are there worldwide that maybe most Americans don’t know about?

MR BOEHLER: This all – there’s definitional questions on this, Sean, but let me try to answer it the best I can, which is when you look at hostages and people that are being withheld that shouldn’t be withheld, you’re talking about a hundred plus. I will tell you right now there are 6,000 Americans in foreign jails. That doesn’t mean everybody is innocent by the way, but right now there are 6,000 Americans in foreign jails.